Call: Complex
and value-added specialised vessels

A challenge-based
approach will bring together resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and disciplines, including social
sciences and the humanities. This will cover activities from research to market with a new focus on innovation-related activities,
such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, and support for public procurement and market uptake.Funding focuses on the following challenges:

Health, demographic change and wellbeing;

Food
security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the Bioeconomy;

Secure,
clean and efficient energy;

Smart, green and integrated transport;

Climate action, environment, resource efficiency
and raw materials;

Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies;

Secure societies
- protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens.

Within this programme Horizon 2020 will provide funding for a resource efficient
transport that respects the environment, aims at a better mobility, less congestion, more safety and security, supports
a global leadership for the European transport industry and targets a socio-economic and behavioural research
and forward looking activities for policy making.

Call

Complex and value-added specialised vessels

Description
of call"Complex and value-added specialised vessels"

European yards and marine equipment manufacturers, often
consisting of SMEs, are world leaders in the construction of complex vessels, in small and medium-sized, value-added vessels
and in highly specialised vessels. In addition to making the production and use of existing vessel concepts more efficient,
new waterborne business cases require more specialised and customised vessels. The specific challenge is to explore the best
design concepts and construction and production principles for complex, one off and small series vessels, and for modular
standardised vessels, also in terms of marketability (technology push) and future skills requirements along the value chain
(especially as regards SMEs active in this area).

At least three legal entities. Each of the three must
be established in a different EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country. All three legal entities must be independent
of each other.

Recurring Call

No

Type
of Funding

Grant

Financial details

The Commission considers that
proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between 8 to 12 million € each would allow this specific challenge
to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other
amounts. Funding rate: 70%